Editing Scouting in Kansas (section)

==Scouting America in Kansas==
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There are seven [[Scouting America]] (formerly the Boy Scouts of America) local councils in [[Kansas]].

===Coronado Area Council===
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'''Coronado Area Council''' serves north central and northwest Kansas, across 32 counties, with headquarters in [[Salina, Kansas|Salina]].

===Heart of America Council===

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'''Heart of America Council''' serves Scouts in [[Missouri]] and Kansas.

===Jayhawk Area Council===

In 1928 the ''[[Topeka]] Council'' took over 39 counties across northern Kansas and became the '''Jayhawk Area Council'''.

*Bison District
*Pony Express District
*Sojadi District
*Sunflower District

====Camps====
The Jayhawk Area Council operates the 340 acre '''Falley Scout Reservation''', which is divided into Camp Jayhawk (Scouts BSA Summer Camp) and Camp Delaware (Cub Scout Programs).

===Ozark Trails Council===

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'''Ozark Trails Council''' serves Scouts in Missouri and Kansas.

===Pony Express Council===

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The Pony Express Council is based in [[Saint Joseph, Missouri]], and also serves Scouts in Kansas.

===Quivira Council===
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'''Quivira Council''' serves youth in south central Kansas, with headquarters in [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]]. '''Kansa Lodge #198''', [[Order of the Arrow]] serves local Arrowmen. They currently operate two camps: Camp Kanza (Cub Scouts and Webelos), which provides the name for their Lodge; and Quivira Scout Ranch (Scouts BSA and Venturers), at which they host their largest summer camp program each summer, and offer Black Jack Trail, an introduction to backpacking, twice a year.

*High Plains District
*Kanza District
*Osage Nation District
*Pawnee District
*South Winds District
*White Buffalo District

The Quivira Council website http://www.quivira.org/ has links to each district.

===Santa Fe Trail Council===
'''Santa Fe Trail Council''' includes nineteen counties in southwestern Kansas, with headquarters in [[Garden City, Kansas|Garden City]].<ref>[http://www.sftcbsa.org/ Santa Fe Trail Council]</ref>

====Spanish Peaks Scout Ranch====
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The Spanish Peaks Scout Ranch (SPSR) is located near [[Walsenburg, Colorado]] and borders the [[Spanish Peaks Wilderness]]. It is a local council camp of the Santa Fe Trail Council based out of Garden City. The camp gives program geared toward outdoor education such as wilderness backpacking, climbing, and outdoor skills.

=====Spanish Peaks Staff Association=====

'''Spanish Peaks Staff Association''' (SPSA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting current, former, and honorary staffers of Spanish Peaks Scout Ranch (SPSR). The organization was formed by like-minded staff alumni committed to the continued support of SPSR and the love of outdoor education for youth.  Although the Spanish Peaks Staff Association is not an alumni association the members have all worked with this Scout camp and are dedicated toward outdoor education for youth.

=====Purpose=====

The Spanish Peaks Staff Association, although still in their infant stages, has adapted the purposes of:

:(a) Demonstrating support for Spanish Peaks Scout Ranch and its continued value in the future.
:(b) Providing vision and leadership for Spanish Peaks Scout Ranch.
:(c) Raising volunteer and financial support for Spanish Peaks Scout Ranch improvement endeavors.
:(d) Establishing an endowment that will guarantee the future stability of the SPSR independently of Santa Fe Trail Council operations.
:(e) Establishing an endowment that insures continued funding of a full-time ranger at Spanish Peaks Scout Ranch.
:(f) Providing a forum for past, present, and future staffers to gather, share ideas, and stay in contact.

=====Structure=====
The Spanish Peaks Staff Association (SPSA) is independent of the Santa Fe Trail Council and Spanish Peaks Scout Ranch. They are, however, dedicated to the youth of southwest Kansas and promotion of outdoor education. The organization was chartered in 2006 as a response to a struggling economy and the Santa Fe Trail Council's Board deficit. The lack of the council's ability to secure funds for operating expenses led to SPSA's motivation and primary goal of securing funds separate of the council.

*Buffalo Range District
*Cimarron District
*High Plains District